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Case FileNARA NAID 28993810 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Stockbridge, MassachusettsAugust 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Stockbridge, Massachusetts in August 1961. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 43.

Reported location

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
p- 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 HN Et Jb LB Boas SM alike 0 Was Balloon
# lL AUg DL WL DLAULLUGE y MaooallllotLus 10 Probably Bolloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP "4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a ect fbn
& ello ro i 2 0 Was Aircraft
3 TH po Em | 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar {1G Probobly Aircraft
3 CMT NAAN JL A | O Air Visual J Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; 5. 'PAOTOS | 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
CQ Yes 0 Probebly Astronomical
1 “0 Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OTN ai dmiiiibioismamiadimini
{ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
I a i 0 Unknown
2=5 nmin | 1 SE
Pa 10. BRIE? SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Cbscervad point of very [1 COMMENTS Sopraicoht flight poth cbsexrved
| = white light, Flight fm N at 5° elev to SB at | for an estimatdd 2-4 nmin at high altitude,
30° elev. Faded in distance. Straight flight. | Sighting appeared as light during s Cat -
; tered cloud coverage. Flight fm N at 43
| elev to SE at 30° elev. Probable a/c.
4 : a id
: ATIC FORM 32% (REV 25 SEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993810

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